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FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1943
Record Of College
Atumnlae Over Ten
Years Shows Progress
J. C. Bonner .
This study oi West Georgia’s aluin
ni-aa is based upon the results of
questionaires sent to former students
during the Fall Quarter of 1942.
From the questionaires mailed out,
412 replies have been received. For
ty-one per cent of the replies have
come from men and 59 per cent from
women. The total number represents
a generous sampling of the group.
The few generalizations drawn from
the study should be valid for all
practical purposes. However, one
word of caution might be added in
interpreting the results. Alumni-ae
who feel that their occupational sta
tus is unworthy of their college train
ing may have been less inclined to
reply to the questionaires than the
more successful ones. This would
tend to give optimistic results for
professional and occupational status.
DEFINITION OF ALUMNI-AE
A West Georgia alumnus-a is de
fined as any person who has spent as
much as one year at the College.
These have been divided into, three
groups as follows:
1. Non-graduates without degrees,
comprising those who have spent less
than two years at the college and
who, presumably, did not attend a
senior college.
2. Graduates without degrees, com
prising those who spent tw T o full years
at West Georgia and who did not
attend a senior college.
3. Alumni-ae with degrees, com
prising those students who have
transferred to senior colleges after
leaving West Georgia and who com
pleted work for degrees.
MARTIAL STATUS
The oldest group of West Georgia
alumni-ae left the College in 1934.
The average age of the entire group
is quite low.
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This fact has a sifnificant bearing
upon both the martial and military
status. Only 35.5 percent of the
alumni-ae are married. These are
distributed among the three groups
as follows:
Table 1. Percentage of married
alumni-ae.
1. Non-graduates with degrees 30%
2. Graduates without degrees..4o%
3. Alumni-ae with degrees 33%
The highest percentage of married
alumni-ae is among those who grad
uated from the College and who did
not pursue senior work. (II.) The
lowest is found among non-graduates
without degrees, (I.). These facts may
be explained by two factors: (a) It
is possible that non-graduates, (I)
are postponing marriage for further
preparation and study, or (b) their
economic and military status as in
dicated in tables 2 and 3 may be a
deterrent to marriage.
It is not surprising that there are
fewer married people among alum
ni-ae with degrees (111) than among
the two year junior college graduat
es (11). The former are inclined to
put off marriage until academic ca
reers are completed or until they
achieve economic stability consistent
with their ambitions. It may be con
cluded that the junior college grad
uates without a degree (11), because
of his early adjustment to a job and
the feeling of being through with his
education and “settled” is likely to
marry earlier, and more of them take
the step, than either of the other two
groups.
PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPA
TIONAL STATUS
The most popular single profession
or occupation among West Georgia
alumni-ae is teaching. This profes
sion has the lowest representation
among non-graduates without de
grees (1) and it ranks highest among
alumni-ae with degrees (111). The
tabulation follows:
Table 2. Professional-occupational
status of alumniae —
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1. 22.2 12 10 6 1 4
2. 30 20 3 4 1 3
3 34 12 5 33 1
The second most popular occupa
tion i3 clerical work. Graduates with
out degrees (11) lead in this occu
pation. Not shown in table 2 is the
greatest diversity of employment
among alumni-ae with degrees (111).
It is quite likely that this group has
come nearer to finding employment
consistent with its talents and ambi
tions than any of the others.
There is little doubt that the most
attractive field of employment for
graduates without degrees (11) is
whether they entered this
field by choice or by expediency.
Anecdotical records of students who
did not take courses in teacher train
ing bear out this conclusion: These
students often go into teaching
through expediency. This fact should
have some significance in the deter
mination of aplong range policy of a
teacher training institution. Is the
concentration of funds on a few stu
dents who elect teacher training the
wisest use of funds for the improve
ment of teachers in the vicinity-?
MILITARY STATUS
Sixty-two percent of the males are
in the armed services at the present
time. This does not include the 18
and 19 year-olds who are being draft
ed as this is written. In view of the
very low age average for West Geor
gia graduates this percentage in the
armed forces might well be the high-
THE WEST GEORGIAN
est of any alumni group in Georgia.
Graduates without degrees (11) have
the highest percentage of their num
ber in the armed services, namely 67
percent. The lowest percentage has
come from alumni with degrees (111)
namely 56 percent. This discrepancy
may be partly explained by the pol
icy of deferment for completion of
degrees or for defense employment
requiring a higher degree of techni
cal training and skill.
The status of these men in the
armed services, as shown by the ques
tionaires, should source of great
satisfaction to the College adminis
tration and faculty. Thirty-nine per
cent of these men now hold commis
sions. Thirty-one percent are non
commissioned officers, and 30 percent
are privates. West Georgia alumni
are represented in every branch of
the service and they are known to be
serving their country on all the con
tinents and on all the seas of the
earth. The military status of the
three groups is given below:
Table 3. Military status of alumni
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1. 28“ 32 40
2 25 19 56
3. 69 15 15
From the above table it will be
seen that the percentage of commis
sioned officers is more than twice as
high among alumni with degrees as
for either of the other two groups.
Non-graduates without degrees (1)
have a higher rank than graduates
without degrees (11). However, this
may be explained by the probable
fact that the martial status of the
latter and the greater stability of
their employment caused longer draft
deferment. Hence they have had less
time in which to qualify for com
missions.
The usually high percentage of
West Georgia’s graduates of all three
categories who have received com
missions becomes more commendable
when it is remembered that the great
majority of them received their com
missions through Officers’ Candidate
Schools. Many were in attendance
at Officers’ Training School at the
time the questionaires were filled out.
The entire picture here is one which
indicates a high quality of leadership
among the group.
Press Forum Sends
Publicity toCounty
Papers of Students
The members of the Press Forum
are receiving high recognition for
their splendid work in giving the
A Capella Choir, Physical Fitness
Programs and other organizations on
the campus publicity by writing ar
ticles which are sent to the county
and state-wide papers.
The Press Forum meets bi-month
ly and makes plans for the writing
of these articles.
Along with the other work, plans
are being made for the publication
of the Gen-Pen. The is
the only literary publication of its
kind on the campus.
In the past years the Gen-Pen has
been entirely of a very serious na
ture. This year the Press Fomm will
attempt to put a little life into the
magazine by having a wide variety
of articles.
The Gen-Pen will come off the
press in the near future.
Letter Received From
Former Secretary
The following letter was received
by Mr. Ingram from Miss Kennon
Henderson, former Secretary, who
joined the WAVES hist fall:
“I’m still very much delighted with
the W’AVES. The work is very fas
cinating. A week ago Thursday I
was graduated from an apprentice
seaman to a midshipman and
transferred from Mount Holyoke
where I studied indoctrination to
Smith in order to study communica
tions.
Life in the Navy is crammed full
of things to do. Besides our sub
jects, we have splendid lectures by
the intelligentsia of the nation and
wonderful ‘inside information’ mov
ies.
Last week-end a WAVE from Cal
ifornia and I went to New York. It’s
just a four hour trip. This week-end
a WAVE from Michigan and I are
going to Boston which just takes
two hours.
The weather has been typical New
England weather but our clothing is
conditioned for it so we haven’t suf
fered. Yesterday the temperature
was 6 above zero. We all wear big
heavy snow boots and they are class
ed as essentials for a day hasn’t
passed without bringing some snow.
Last night I just happened to wake
up in the middle of the night (that’s
a thing I don’t ever do for I sleep
like a log here) and I looked out the
window. It was almost as bright as
day outside for a full moon was shin
ing and was being reflected from the
snow and ice that habitually covers
everything. It really was a beauti
ful sight.
“Every chance I get I tell people I
worked at West Georgia College.
You’d really be surprised at the num
ber of people here who know about
the work of the college. The other
night, while standing in line for sup
per, I was bragging as usual about
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West Georgia. A girl up the line a
little way came running back quite
excitedly. She was Patty Taylor
from Ohio State University and said
she had gone to West Georgia last
May as a prospective teacher. She
remembered, particularly, you, Mr.
Folger, Grace Tietje, and Mary Pen
nington. She was very enthusiastic
about our colloge. (I hope you don’t
mind the “our”, but I think everyone
that works there feels closely identi
fied with West Georgia.)
“I read about Dr. Tyler’s visit to
West Georgia. I remember studying
some of his evaluation work at Ohio
State. I’m being half facetious
and half serious but I wish we could
have pictures hung of all the famous
people who have visited the campus.
There would be quite a collection.
“I really do miss all the people there
and they all have my best wishes.
Please, as you say to Ralph McGill,
don’t answer this letter. I just like
to keep you posted from time to
time.”
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